Rethink Priorities
Funding Overview
From IRS Form 990 filings · 2020–2025
Total received
$48.5M
Foundation funders
24
Grants recorded
69
Years covered
2020–2025
Who funds Rethink Priorities?
Rethink Priorities is funded by 24 grantmakers, led by Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($21.0M), Good Ventures Foundation ($8.9M), National Philanthropic Trust ($8.6M). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $48.5M in grants to Rethink Priorities between 2020–2025.
Funding over time
Grant dollars and counts received per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $2.1M (2020) to $16.0M (2024). In 2025 it made 7 grants totaling $5.9M.
What grants has Rethink Priorities received?
Individual grants from IRS Form 990 filings, newest first
| Year | Funder | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | National Philanthropic Trust | PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT | $3,374,877 |
| 2025 | Good Ventures Foundation | INSTITUTE FOR AI POLICY AND STRATEGY SUPPORT AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM | $1,391,710 |
| 2025 | Good Ventures Foundation | RESEARCH ON AI ALIGNMENT | $540,865 |
| 2025 | Effective Ventures Foundation USA Inc | GENERAL NONPROFIT SUPPORT | $502,950 |
| 2025 | John and Daria Barry Foundation | AI SAFETTY RESEARCH | $100,000 |
| 2025 | Good Ventures Foundation | GLOBAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FORUM | $19,354 |
| 2025 | The Quinn Foundation | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | $5,000 |
| 2024 | Silicon Valley Community Foundation | Sciences | $5,118,886 |
| 2024 | National Philanthropic Trust | HUMAN SERVICES | $3,198,042 |
| 2024 | Good Ventures Foundation | GENERAL SUPPORT AND INSTITUTE FOR AI POLICY AND STRATEGY SUPPORT | $2,100,000 |
| 2024 | Good Ventures Foundation | INSTITUTE FOR AI POLICY AND STRATEGY SUPPORT AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM | $1,620,185 |
| 2024 | Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program | FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE | $903,002 |
| 2024 | Effective Ventures Foundation USA Inc | GENERAL NONPROFIT SUPPORT | $835,580 |
| 2024 | Good Ventures Foundation | INSTITUTE FOR AI POLICY AND STRATEGY SUPPORT | $828,049 |
| 2024 | Founders Pledge Inc | FUND CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES | $520,000 |
| 2024 | Good Ventures Foundation | GENERAL SUPPORT | $335,000 |
| 2024 | Open Philanthropy Action Fund | INSECT WELFARE POLICY | $180,000 |
| 2024 | Every Org | GENERAL SUPPORT | $162,596 |
| 2024 | Good Ventures Foundation | ECONOMICS CONFERENCE ON ANIMAL WELFARE | $53,550 |
| 2024 | Tipping Point Private Foundation | invertebrate research led by Daniela Waldhorn | $50,000 |
| 2024 | Manifold for Charity Inc | Experiments to test EA longtermist framings and branding | $26,760 |
| 2024 | Manifold for Charity Inc | Apollo Research to Scale up interpretability and behavioral model evals research | $19,160 |
| 2024 | Effective Institutions Project Inc | AI governance project | $17,000 |
| 2024 | Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative | SUB GRANT AWARD | $16,000 |
| 2024 | Good Ventures Foundation | SUMMIT ON THE FUTURE OF EFFECTIVE ALTRUISM AND GLOBAL HEALTH | $13,080 |
| 2024 | Head Family Charitable Foundation 5507-19-44 | UNRESTRICTED | $10,000 |
| 2024 | The Quinn Foundation | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | $5,000 |
| 2024 | The LendingTree Foundation | General Support | $1,500 |
| 2023 | Silicon Valley Community Foundation | Sciences | $9,920,673 |
| 2023 | National Philanthropic Trust | PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT | $2,032,070 |
Showing 30 most recent of 69 recorded grants.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who funds Rethink Priorities?
Rethink Priorities is funded by 24 grantmakers, led by Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($21.0M), Good Ventures Foundation ($8.9M), National Philanthropic Trust ($8.6M). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $48.5M in grants to Rethink Priorities between 2020–2025.
Who is Rethink Priorities's largest funder?
Silicon Valley Community Foundation is the largest recorded funder of Rethink Priorities, with $21.0M across 5 grants (2020–2024).
How much grant funding has Rethink Priorities received?
IRS 990 filings record $48.5M in grants to Rethink Priorities across 69 grants from 24 funders between 2020–2025. Filings are published on a delay, so recent grants may not appear yet.
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